Human Resources

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Human Resources

We’re committed to support the needs of all our colleagues and provide learning and development opportunities and free online resources and services for all of our employees. Because our priority is the wellbeing of our academic community, all colleagues can access our healthcare services, sports clubs and gyms, accommodation and much more.

Working at Politécnico de Leiria means being constantly encouraged to develop yourself, your career, impact people’s lives, contribute to sustainable development, and innovate.


Services and Resources


Distance Learning Unit

IT Services

social services

Academic services

For our researchers

Research Centres and Units

The relationship between the society and our research clearly differentiates Politécnico de Leiria from other higher education institutions.

Our R&D activities comprise 15 research units, covering the following themes: arts, education, social sciences, human kinetics, mechanics, computing, telecommunication, economy, management, tourism, health, and maritime resources.

Centre for Knowledge Sharing and Valorisation (CPVC)

The Centre for Knowledge Sharing and Valorisation helps businesses, start-up companies and organisations grow by promoting technology and knowledge exchange. They can access a broad range of support programmes based on the knowledge and expertise available within Politécnico de Leiria.

The centre has also partnerships with business incubators, such as IDD, OPEN, Startup Leiria and Obitec.


Services and Resources for Researchers


Working Environment

Politécnico de Leiria supports a healthy work-life balance and provides a wide range of free or low-cost services and benefits for our colleagues.

Internal Recruitment

If you already work at Politécnico de Leiria, you can send a speculative application to our internal recruitment system and work with other departments. We’ll keep your speculative application with us for six months and get in touch with you should a suitable opportunity arise.